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Syracuse football recruiting: Class of 2025 defensive back Jordan Gibbs commits

Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports Another Empire State player to stay home It’s been a busy weekend for Fran Brown and the Syracuse Orange. After hosting a large contingent at Saturday’s practice, the 2025 commitments are picking up. Defensive back Jordan Gibbs of Middle Island, NY became the third commitment of the weekend. The 6’2 corner committed on Sunday and while he’s unranked he’s got an interesting blend of size and speed. Congratulations to Jordan Gibbs ‘25 on his commitment to play for @FranBrownCuse and @CuseFootball.Jordan is HOMEGROWN. He went...

The Smoking Musket

West Virginia hires Darian DeVries, the Mountaineer women prepare for Caitlin Clark, and Deuce McBride shows out again

Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports Good morning! This is the Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup (that we didn’t already talk about in another article) with some sophomoric humor and daily distractions thrown in for good measure. And if there’s something we missed, be sure to talk about it in the comments. OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER... WVU officially named Darian DeVries as the head coach of the Mountaineer basketball program on Sunday, signing the former Drake...

Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician

Syracuse football: Top-100 OL Byron Washington commits to the Orange

Washington at the 2023 Texas State Football Championship at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. | Photo via Washington’s social media 380 pounds of big man blocking are on their way to Salt City. There have been plenty of big Syracuse Orange football recruits the past four months, but none are quite literally as big as this Texas blindside blocker. Byron Washington, a 6’8”, 380 lbs. offensive lineman from state champion DeSoto high school, announced his commitment to SU Saturday night. He was previously a Texas Longhorns Crystal Ball projection. Committed #FRANchise...

Arizona Desert Swarm

2025 athlete Bryce Lewis decommits from Arizona football

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via One of the last remaining pledges from the Jedd Fisch era decommitted from Arizona football Saturday. 2025 athlete Bryce Lewis announced on social media that he is reopening his recruitment after committing to Arizona back in August 2023. Thank you Arizona pic.twitter.com/HcaYRGBWDA— Bryce Lewis (@BryceLe2616) March 23, 2024 Lewis, a 6-foot-6 prospect out of Georgia, chose Arizona over Duke, Boston College and Kansas among other programs. While Lewis initially stuck with his commitment following Arizona’s January...

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Lamont Paris talks about new South Carolina contract

South Carolina men's basketball coach Lamont Paris is signing a new long term contract with the Gamecocks. He discusses that new deal here. …

Arizona Desert Swarm

2024 German guard Mailien Rolf commits to Arizona women’s basketball

Photo by Sam Wasson/ Arizona women’s basketball is currently waiting to see how its postseason will play out. As Selection Sunday approaches, the Wildcats aren’t standing still. For the second straight day, they added an international player to the class of 2024 when German guard Mailien Rolf announced her commitment. View this post on Instagram A post shared by mailien (@mailien.13) Rolf most recently played for the German U18 and U20 national teams in international competition. She started for the team, averaging 10.0 points,...

Arizona Desert Swarm

Veteran kicker Nick Folk signs one-year deal with Titans

Photo by Wesley Hitt/ Nick Folk isn’t hanging up the kicking cleats quite yet. The former Arizona Wildcats standout kicker has agreed to a one-year deal with the Tennessee Titans worth $3.755 million, according to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The #Titans are signing veteran kicker Nick Folk to a one-year, $3.755 million deal, per source. Max $4.13M with incentives. A big deal for the NFL's most accurate kicker in recent years.— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 13, 2024 The 39-year-old Folk is coming off a tremendous 2023 season with the Titans in...

The Champaign Room

In-state prospect Andre Lovett commits to Illinois

X; @andrelovett_cfk The three-star DB is staying home. Bret Bielema is working the recruiting trail ahead of spring ball. Illinois received a commitment Monday afternoon from three-star defensive back Andre Lovett. #COMMITTED #famILLy ⚪️@BretBielema @AaronHenry7 @adamgorney @EDGYTIM @AllenTrieu @Bryan_Ault @GregSmithRivals @RivalsPapiClint @dzoloty @CoachMurphIKE @CoachM_Willis @CoachDavidGibbs pic.twitter.com/fWGp9ovbQU— Andre “Mr.WalkDown” Lovett (@andrelovett_cfk) March 11, 2024 The in-state prospect is a member of the class of 2025 at Eisenhower...

A Sea Of Blue

Sunday Headlines: Beating Tennessee and landing Karter Knox

Drew Brown - A Sea Of Blue What a day for Kentucky Basketball. Morning BBN! What a day Saturday was for the Kentucky Wildcats. It began with the Wildcats scoring a monumental road win over the Tennessee Volunteers, It ended with a commitment from 5-star wing Karter Knox, the younger brother of former Wildcats star Kevin Knox. That’s how you win the weekend. Tweet of the Day This year is just the 5th time in @KentuckyMBB history that the Wildcats won true road games against Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt all in the same season. The...

A Sea Of Blue

College football recruiting calendar gets significant change

Ken Ruinard / staff / USA TODAY NETWORK The December signing period has been moved up, with June installment delayed The College football world is continuing to evolve and change. The CCA (Collegiate Commissioners Association) has numerous changes brewing in the recruiting world. Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the CCA will move the early signing period to the first week of December but will push back a decision on putting together three signing periods until June. The CCA decided today to push back a decision on having three Signing Days until their in-person meeting in...

A Sea Of Blue

Karter Knox announcing decision on Saturday

Katie Goodale / USA TODAY NETWORK Knox is ready to make the call. The recruitment of Karter Knox is coming to an end this weekend. According to 247 Sports’ Travis Branham, Knox will announce his commitment on Saturday night. The decision will come at halftime of the Overtime Elite Finals Game 2 broadcast, which tips off at 7 pm ET on YouTube, so look for a decision to be announced around 7:30-745 pm ET. He’ll decide between the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, South Florida Bulls, or a return to Overtime Elite for the 2024-25 season. NEWS: Karter Knox, the...

Duke Basketball Report

Duke’s Rim Protection Should Be Off The Charts Next Season

Wth a standing reach of 9’8”, imagine how high 7-2 Khaman Maluach could reach. | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Shotblockers all over the place! On Wednesday, Duke gained a huge commitment from 7-2 Khaman Maluach. His standing reach of 9-8 exceeds even that of Victor Wembanyama and also means he only has to jump four inches to touch the rim. Let that sink in. We have no idea what his vertical might be but let’s assume it’s 30”. That means that he can get his hand nearly a foot above the square on the backboard (the picture is here to let. you...

Burnt Orange Nation

How Texas transfer portal additions at the skill positions performed last year

Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Coverage and catching comparisons between last year’s players, the new players from the portal, and 2019 Alabama. Now that the extended chaos of the transfer portal has settled down, I gathered the numbers on how the new additions to the team performed last season. The Texas Longhorns was able to find some outstanding talent, and along with the 2024 signing class, will be ready to hit the ground running next year. Passing defense was the weakest link for the Horns last year and there was a massive change in personnel in this department....

A Sea Of Blue

Karter Knox to announce commitment within next 2 weeks, per report

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Will the Cats land the Overtime Elite wing? The Kentucky Wildcats already have a loaded class heading to Lexington for next season that includes players like Jayden Quaintance and Boogie Fland. Now John Calipari and his staff have their eyes set on rounding it out with one or two more key players as the offseason quickly approaches. One name that is very familiar to the BBN is 5-star forward Karter Knox. The younger brother of former Wildcat, Kevin Knox, has had ties to the UK program ever since his recruitment got going,...

Purdue Exponent

Mason Gillis and Lance Jones to appear for signing and giveaway Sunday

Fifth-year guard Lance Jones and senior Mason Gillis have limited time left in the black and gold, and they're hoping fans take advantage of it and see them at the Purdue University bookstore this weekend.

Streaking The Lawn

COMMITMENT: UVA football lands #7 recruit in Virginia with 2025 cornerback Chris Spence

Photo by G Fiume/ The Wahoos get a big win on the high school recruiting trail. The Virginia Cavaliers football program picked up another offseason victory this morning by landing the commitment from the commonwealth’s seventh ranked player in cornerback Christopher Spence. A three star per 247Sports Composite, Spence picked the ‘Hoos over offers from Florida State, Michigan, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, and others. As the No. 34 ranked corner in the 2025 class, accounting for a rating of 89, Spence becomes the highest rated of the...

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